Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Go forward in time.

Under the military formation, Liu Yanqing, who was riding a war horse, looked at the standing fortress with an expressionless face. Although the fortress wall in the distance was a bit crude and short, it was built with mud and bricks. It must have taken a long time to build such a large scale. , I am afraid that the imperial court intends to attack this Liangshan bandit, and this side will get the message that he is a bandit who knows who knows who.

Liu Yanqing clenched the reins unconsciously with both hands.

It's just that it's too late to say this now. It depends on how much effort it takes to take down this stronghold. We can't just return to the army without any achievements.

No, it’s already a small defeat in Liangshan. If I can’t defeat him, I’m afraid someone will take the opportunity to attack him, and he will inevitably end up being demoted and suspended from office...

"Report——"

A loud voice sounded, and the ordering soldiers rushed to the side and bowed down: "All armies are fully prepared, please give orders from the commander-in-chief."

Taking a deep breath, the man who commanded the army closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was full of determination: "Call the troops to attack. Don't be careless. If the thieves are weak, take the opportunity to capture this place. The first one to get there will be rewarded." Thousand taels." After a pause, he said, "I will send an order to the rear camp to speed up the production of siege equipment to prepare for emergencies."

"Yes."

The ordering soldier bowed and quickly retreated.

"Commander father, do you want me to lead the army forward?" Liu Guangguo saw that his father's face was wrong, so he quickly stepped forward and whispered.

"No need." Liu Yanqing whispered, tilting his head slightly: "The Western Army is my last resort, and this is not the time yet."

Boom!
Boom! Dong dong dong——

The shirtless strong man stood on the coach and beat the war drum vigorously. The man blowing the horn on the side puffed up his cheeks. With the sound of drums and horns, countless figures began to move forward.

Boom boom boom——

The trampling footsteps made a rhythmic rhythm, advancing towards the fortress erected by the water. The mighty figure trampled the ground, stirring up dust all over the sky, which persisted for a long time, blocking the sky and the sun.

The three troops who attacked first were the troops under the three veteran generals Mei Zhan, Wang Wende and Xiang Yuanzhen. There were groups of soldiers wearing crimson uniforms, carrying wooden ladders and battering rams, followed by figures holding shields on both sides. Behind them are archers equipped with a large number of crossbows.

"Go forward fifty steps and rush towards the city wall. The first one to climb will be rewarded a thousand taels!"

In terms of combat power, the soldiers and horses under the command of the Jiedushi were not much different from those of the inland armies of the Song Dynasty. However, at this time, the formation was tight and there was a large amount of bounty, which immediately raised the morale and fighting spirit of the sergeants. After all, serving as a soldier is a hard job, and Shangguan is often dissatisfied with their pay. Bounty is the largest income they can get, and killing bandits is the only way for these non-border sergeants to obtain bounty.

However, Liangshan is different after all.

On the watchtower to the west, facing the banner of Xiang Yuan Town, Dian was talking to the figure carrying a golden sword beside him: "The officers and soldiers are coming with great momentum, and the troops are not led by the incompetent people from before. If there is no danger of destruction when going out to fight in the field, I really want to try how powerful these famous Jiedushi are."

"Brother, it's good to have this intention." Li Zhu still smiled, twirling his beard and looking outside: "I just want to calm down, I think there will be an opportunity later... coming."

In his ears, the sound of the enemy's war drums rang. Seeing the soldiers in formation coming towards him, he shouted down: "Instruct the brothers on the wall to tighten their formation and support each other. Be careful with the opponent's bows and arrows. Don't use them." The officers and soldiers stand still on the city wall!"

He straightened his back, took a breath and shouted: "Bang the drum - cheer -"

There were messengers running with their legs spread wide, and the skin-covered war drums sounded amidst the undulating and shaking muscles. The commanders at all levels who received the orders on three sides were refreshed and lined up on the city wall according to the types of troops.

"Archers prepare—"

The general supervising the soldiers at the lower level roared. When he saw someone hurriedly unable to draw out the arrow, he went over and slapped his head on the head. As his movements calmed down, someone shouted from the front: "Attention, the officers and soldiers are coming up—— "

In the voice of speaking, the crimson wave surged over from below. The figure in front raised his shield upwards to cover the comrade behind him who was carrying the wooden ladder and quickly approached the wall.

On the wall of the village, many swordsmen and shieldmen began to tie the horizontal knives in their hands in their palms, tying them into a tight knot with their hands and mouth. They heard the man commanding the archers suddenly shouting: "Let go -"

Boom——

The sound of bowstrings rang together, and the arrow feathers that looked like locusts arced across the sky, falling downwards with a whooshing sound through the air.

"Cover the wooden ladder——"

Someone in the army formation shouted, and the man holding the shield moved in front of the running people. When the shield blocked the top of his head, a heavy rain of arrows fell down, and the ears of the people nearby were filled with crackling sounds. The iron shield gradually began to shake "in the rain", arrows were shot into the human body, and the sound of painful wails rang out sporadically, and people kept rushing forward to replace the fallen comrades, lifting the ladder and rushing forward.

"Damn it! Let the archers press forward and knock down the thief's arrogance!"

The officers and soldiers were suppressed for a moment, and several old military governors who led the troops were immediately furious. The order was passed down, and a large number of archers rushed forward quickly. Amidst the clattering sounds of bows being raised, someone shouted: "Let - —”

Densely packed arrows rose into the sky in the formations of both sides, and fell in staggered directions. However, Liangshan had the height advantage in the end, and the casualties were not large.

In the defensive wall section with more than a thousand people, only two battalions of infantry remained here except for the archers. Sun An looked at Yang Zhi on the other side, his eyelids moved, but in the end he did not say anything, looking at the red wave that was getting closer and closer. He couldn't help but pull out a long sword, twist it in his hand to make a sword flower, raise it high above his head and shout: "The archers retreat to look for opportunities to shoot, the sword and shield men step forward to prepare for the battle!"

The archer drew his bow, shot an arrow in his hand, and quickly retreated. The figure holding the shield stepped forward, covering his face with the wide card, and watched as a wooden ladder with an iron hook was set up.

throat--

The iron hook penetrated the wall and stone dust flew into the air. Some soldiers came forward and threw stones and wood downwards. The figure holding the shield was shocked by the impact. He gritted his teeth and resisted, then raised his feet to go up again. It was a heavy bastard shield, and it suddenly couldn't hold the ladder, and it fell down with a scream of "Ah——".

"Go away——"

The impatient general below looked at him and pushed away the soldier who was about to go up the ladder. He held the knife in his mouth and climbed up with his shield. The moment his eyes came into contact, the blade of the open-mouthed knife slashed with a cold light. , yelled: "Kill!"

The distance between the officer and the bandit was as close as possible, and the metal sword struck the shield with a bang. The bandit who was covering the retreat of his comrades also roared angrily, and used all his strength to slash the opponent's head with the horizontal sword in his hand.

bang bang bang-

The collision of metal exploded at different wall crevices, and human corpses fell into the sky with splattered blood.

The shouts and chopping sounds continued uninterrupted at this moment. Some of the fighting figures fell from a high place, and some leaped forward, holding their shields diagonally, wielding knives, and stabbing behind them with spears, leaping across the air. His figure was pierced through the lower abdomen in an instant, howling miserably as he hung on the spear, and then was thrown aside, stabbed to death on the ground by more knives and spears.

As commanders, Bian Xiang, Xi Sheng, and Dian are not on the front line. On the towering watchtower, new orders are constantly being handed down. At this time, it is just a tacit test of attack and defense by both parties, and there is no need to invest more. Although they still hope that the figures standing on the city wall can repel the incoming officers and soldiers, they will be given more time to arrange.

"Death -" The light of the knife struck the ferocious face, and the corpse, divided into two parts, one large and one small, fell down. Yang Zhi shook the knife in his hand and looked coldly at the officers and soldiers who were coming one after another, thinking in his heart that this is all yours. When the Sa family is forced to do so, the Sa family wants to be a general who can grant a wife to the court, but no one will give him a way to survive.

Seeing that the number of arrows on his side was somewhat reduced, he immediately turned around and shouted: "The archer continues to throw——"

Then he grabbed a bow and a pot of arrows, walked to the crenellation of the wall in three steps, opened the bow, and shot down the officers and soldiers who wanted to continue upward with one arrow.

hum-

The archers who were retreating in the rear rained down arrows, and the slender black shadow splashed blood on the crowd below. The offensive of the officers and soldiers here was paused, and then a louder shout rang out, and a lot of time passed. But there was no progress, and the flags of the generals in the array began to come forward.

Yang Zhi glanced at both sides in his busy schedule, drew his bow and retreated: "Don't stop, keep shooting! Fu Xiang, third shot from the left, throw up!"

The deputy general paused immediately after hearing the order, and quickly commanded the fifty village soldiers who were usually trained to step forward. A burst of flying crosses flew over the precarious wall crenellations. The figure on the wooden ladder fell down like a dumpling in the water, and was instantly trapped. The suppressed wall crenellations relaxed again.

Soon, more soldiers from the army climbed forward and rushed over again.

At each section of the village wall, the people who were fighting desperately showed their skills. The ones with red eyes screamed fanatically, and countless weapons flashed in the slanted sunlight, and then swung down.

Qin Ming held a short-handled mace and stood at the crenellation of the wall with the village soldiers. The wall in front of him was already covered with blood. His face was covered with a layer of blood scab, and his wiry beard was dripping. Blood mixed with sweat.

He waved his hand and smashed away a Yuhou who was coming up. He was about to hit the second one when a veteran in black armor suddenly appeared from the crenel in front. With a move of his arm, the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand slashed out an arc-shaped blade.

bang——

The long knife hit the mace. Amidst the loud noise, sawdust flew out from the mace. Qin Ming was caught off guard. He took three or five steps back and was hit by a soldier from behind before he could stand still. When he raised his head, The three-pointed two-edged sword was swung again and hit the shield of the village soldier holding the shield. The man flew up wailing. The arm holding the shield was a little twisted, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.

"How dare you, old man!" Qin Ming was furious and stepped closer: "I'll beat you to death with one stick!"

Amid the roar, the village soldiers around him moved and killed him with swords and guns.

"Water puddle bandits!" Mei Zhan yelled, stepped forward and turned around, swinging the sword as he turned: "You won't surrender when you see me?"

The light of the sword was fierce, and he cut down several unsuspecting village soldiers in succession. Officers and soldiers surged up from behind. Qin Ming was immediately furious. He waved his mace and moved forward desperately, waving his hand to block the sweeping sword, with the roar of the wind. Run towards Mei Zhan's white head.

Mei Zhan on the other side waved his hands to block, retreated and sprinted towards Qin Ming again. On the other side, Pili Huo hurriedly waved his stick and struck several times with bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang blow.

"Brother Qin Ming, wait a moment, I'll help you."

Fang Qiong on the other side saw that Qin Ming was fighting anxiously, and he quickly raised his gun and was about to charge. Fortunately, the thunderbolt fire still had some power left. He raised his eyes and glanced at the crenel, and suddenly shouted: "Don't worry about me, first Go clear the other sticks and come back to help!"

Seeing his lieutenant following the order, he ran a few steps, jumped up, and stabbed an officer to death with one shot. Qin Ming slammed his stick and stabbed him hard. He looked up at the veteran opposite and grinned: "Old man, let me beat you to death with one stick!" "

Mei Zhan's face was as dark as water: "The grass bandits are arrogant!"

……

"The Liangshan thieves do have some abilities. If they retreat into Liangshan and fight me with water conservancy, we will have a huge headache. Now it seems that it may not take long to pull out this stronghold."

Under the dim sky, Liu Yanqing looked at Mei Zhan who was attacking from a distance and grinned: "I don't know what the situation is like in the other two places."

"Don't worry, Marshal Jiedou." Gao Shixuan stared at the figures in the distance who were charging up the wall with wide eyes: "Several old Jiedushi envoys are all proficient in fighting, and the other two Dingdang also attacked like Old General Mei."

The expression on his face relaxed a little, and Liu Yanqing smiled and nodded: "If that's the case, I feel relieved."

……

bang——

A fine iron spear was inserted into the gap between the two shields. With a strong swing of his arms, he suddenly slapped the two shields away, and the people holding the shields fell out left and right.

"Rebel and bandit! Do you know the veteran Wang Wende?"

The figure in silver armor jumped over the crenel, swung a gun left and right, stabbed up and down, and knocked away several figures guarding the city. Amidst the banging and crackling sounds, more officers and soldiers were behind the veteran general. Appear.

Sun An was slashing at the officers and soldiers on one side. Hearing the noise here, he suddenly turned his head and looked around. The figure lying on the ground spitting blood got out of sight. The old Jiedushi who was drawing his gun over there also saw him.

"Guard this place!"

The words in the air were still in his ears, and the figure holding the double iron swords had already rushed halfway. Wang Wende snorted and stabbed him with his spear.

The moment the tip of the spear struck, Sun An turned sideways, and the chilling tip of the spear passed in front of him. Then he stepped forward, turned around, and slashed off the opponent's neck with his sword.

Wang Wende was so shocked that he didn't even bother to take the gun back. He quickly lowered his head. With a choking sound, the silver helmet on his head was hit and flew away. A ray of silver light struck horizontally.

"what--"

While roaring loudly, Wang Wende pushed hard into the soles of his feet and jumped back suddenly. When he stood firm, he looked towards his chest with lingering fear. The silver armor on his chest had been torn open, and bright red blood was slowly seeping through. , tiny drops of blood appeared on the cracks in the armor, slowly flowing down.

"Good thief——"

Wang Wende's helmet was chopped off and his bun was broken. At this time, his hair was disheveled and there was blood on his chest. He looked quite embarrassed.

Sun An landed on the ground, looked at him without saying a word, waved a sword flower with the iron sword in his hand, stepped forward suddenly, opened the two iron swords, and cut towards the old Jiedushi like a violent storm. Wang Wende, who was killed, retreated step by step, and dangers abounded.

Several officers and soldiers behind saw something bad, so they quickly abandoned their opponents and rushed towards Sun An with a knife. The dragon slayer was nimble in his steps, dodging forward and retreating, and stuck the sword in his opponent's throat, and slashed the person. At the scene of the assassination, when he looked up again, he saw Wang Wende's figure already above the crenel.

However, the veteran saw the opportunity early. Seeing that he could not open the gap and risked his own death, he made a decisive decision and retreated.

On the other side, Mei Zhan, who had an inseparable fight with Qin Ming, did not dare to persist when Fang Qiong killed three people in a row, so he turned over and pulled down the wall.

Looking at the distance, Liu Yanqing's face became increasingly ugly, and he suddenly waved his hand: "Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!" (End of this chapter)